Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:35:10 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: "'mhjoshi@att.net'" <mhjoshi@att.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix questions Message-ID: <3973C25E.DA9B0F7D@confusion.net> References: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F8@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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"DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" wrote: >[snip > > >5. If unmask is 022, the the following commands are > >executed. > >mkdir cat > >cat refer.txt > newpermiss > >what permissions will cat and newpremiss will have? > > The files will have mode 755 on creation. > > full access --> 777 > minus umask --> 022 > --------------------- > permision --> 755 > > Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but this is it to the best of my > understanding Part of this is, or at least last I checked was, wrong. The permissions are obtained by taking the permissions the creating program is trying to use, filtered through the umask. Hence, while a directory will come out 755 a redirection of output to a file should come out 644. -- Laurence Berland <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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